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Check Out Past Spot Checks™

2023
- Mar 6, 2023 Spot Check: Lakefront Property Values vs Public Access No wonder they needed a study session. Make that two.
- Feb 16, 2023 Spot Check: One Winnetka's Dead. Long Live One Winnetka.
2022
2021
2020
- Dec 6, 2020 Spot Check: Lid's down. But Winnetka's Economic Development Department's got ways to lift your spirits.
- Sep 5, 2020 Spot Check: A Whole Lotta Good News
- Aug 23, 2020 Spot Check: COVID-19 got you down? Winnetka Park District's got you covered.
- Mar 6, 2020 Spot Check: Making it Job #1 to Be #1
2019
- Oct 9, 2019 Spot Check: Weed Wacked in Winnetka
- Aug 2, 2019 Spot Check: They Pulled the Plug. Will One Winnetka Really Become the Property Formerly Known As?
- Apr 22, 2019 Spot Check: The Rest of the Story
- Feb 27, 2019 Spot Check: District 36's $100.6 MM Big Ask. What's it Cost? What's it Deliver? It's Your Vote.
- Jan 22, 2019 Spot Check: District 36. The Big Ask. $100.6MM. Spring Ballot. In Less than 80 Days.
2018
- Nov 27, 2018 Spot Check: Signed, Sealed, Delivered. Almost.
- Jul 25, 2018 Spot Check: Is This What You Want?
- Jun 21, 2018 Spot Check: Core Team to School Board: K-3. School Board to Core Team: K-4, and you're so not done.
- May 30, 2018 Spot Check: Deliberation, Check. Taxation, Check. Representation, TBD.
- May 6, 2018 Spot Check: How Future Ready is Your Checkbook?
- Mar 20, 2018 Spot Check: Village of Learners Being Tested
- Mar 12, 2018 Spot Check: Spring Training, VC-Style
2017
- Dec 9, 2017 Spot Check: To TIF or Not to TIF
- Sep 29, 2017 Spot Check: Great Stuff We Bet You Didn't Know About President Rintz - But Will be Glad You Do Now.
- Aug 24, 2017 Spot Check: The VC's Sizzlin' Summer. And We're not Talking Temps!
- Aug 19, 2017 Spot Check: Stormwater. Cook County's In the Boat. Are You?
- Jun 29, 2017 Spot Check: What's it Take to Rock Winnetka?
- Apr 23, 2017 Spot Check: Let's Make a Deal - The VC Jump Starts the Downtown Master Plan?
- Feb 3, 2017 Spot Check: The Downtown Master Plan - What Kind of a Big Deal is This?
- Jan 24, 2017 Spot Check: One Winnetka Best Practices or a Cautionary Tale?
2016
- Nov 10, 2016 Spot Check: $64 Mil. Your Money. In Their Hands. Your Move.
- Oct 14, 2016 Spot Check: Downtown Master Plan - What's in Store for Winnetka?
- Oct 5, 2016 Spot Check: One Winnetka Makes the Cut
- Sep 9, 2016 Spot Check: One Winnetka One More Time or End of the Line?
- Sep 8, 2016 Spot Check: Stormwater deja vu...again?
- Jun 13, 2016 Spot Check: Stormwater Redux
- May 18, 2016 Spot Check: What's Up with Downtown?
- May 10, 2016 Spot Check: Low Down on the High Rise
- May 10, 2016 Spot Check: Strand Takes a Stand